We show that the secant varieties of rank three compact Hermitian symmetric spaces in their minimal homogeneous embeddings are normal, with rational singularities. We show that their ideals are generated in degree three with one exception, the secant variety of the 21-dimensional spinor variety in P, whose ideal is generated in degree four. We also discuss the coordinate ring of secant varietie...

For a variety X of dimension n in Pr, r n(k + 1) + k, the kth secant order of X is the number μk(X) of (k + 1)-secant k-spaces passing through a general point of the kth secant variety. We show that, if r > n(k + 1) + k, then μk(X) = 1 unless X is k-weakly defective. Furthermore we give a complete classification of surfaces X ⊂ Pr, r > 3k + 2, for which μk(X) > 1.

In this paper we study the dimension of secant varieties of Segre-Veronese varieties P × P embedded by the morphism given by O(1, 2). Given the dimensions m, n, we provide two functions s(m, n) and s(m, n), such that the s secant variety is nondefective, i.e. it has the expected dimension, if s ≤ s(m, n) or s ≥ s(m, n). Finally, we present a conjecturally complete list of defective secant varie...

We propose an approach to enhance the performance of a diagonal variant of secant method for solving large-scale systems of nonlinear equations. In this approach, we consider diagonal secant method using data from two preceding steps rather than a single step derived using weak secant equation to improve the updated approximate Jacobian in diagonal form. The numerical results verify that the pr...

Some generalizations of the secant method to semismooth equations are presented. In the one-dimensional case the superlinear convergence of the classical secant method for general semismooth equations is proved. Moreover a new quadratically convergent method is proposed that requires two function values per iteration. For the n-dimensional cases, we discuss secant methods for two classes of com...

We establish basic techniques for studying the ideals of secant varieties of Segre varieties. We solve a conjecture of Garcia, Stillman and Sturmfels on the generators of the ideal of the first secant variety in the case of three factors and solve the conjecture set-theoretically for an arbitrary number of factors. We determine the low degree components of the ideals of secant varieties of smal...

Via a non–perturbative method we study the population dynamics and photoelectron spectra of Cs atoms subject to intense chirped laser pulses, with gaussian beams. We include above threshold ionization spectral peaks. The frequency of the laser is near resonance with the 6s-7p transition. Dominant couplings are included exactly, weaker ones accounted for perturbatively. We calculate the relevant...

This paper studies the dimension of secant varieties to Segre varieties. The problem is cast both in the setting of tensor algebra and in the setting of algebraic geometry. An inductive procedure is built around the ideas of successive specializations of points and projections. This reduces the calculation of the dimension of the secant variety in a high dimensional case to a sequence of calcul...

A strip titanium dioxide (TiO2) waveguide is designed for highly coherent mid-infrared (MIR) supercontinuum (SC) generation. For the TiO2 waveguide, three zero-dispersion wavelengths (ZDWs) are obtained through adjusting structure parameters. The ZDWs located at 1.53, 3.96, and 5.43 μm, respectively. nonlinearity coefficient γ calculated as 1.12 W − 1 m wavelength 3.1 μm. By optimizing pump pul...

Via a non–perturbative method we study the population dynamics and photoelectron spectra of Cs atoms subject to intense chirped laser pulses, with gaussian beams. We include above threshold ionization spectral peaks. The frequency of the laser is near resonance with the 6s-7p transition. Dominant couplings are included exactly, weaker ones accounted for perturbatively. We calculate the relevant...